Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-10
LOCAL NEW s.
Brief Mention

Engraved visiting cards at Dorman's.
 Rev. Dr. Smyth is at Moosehead Lake.
 The Norwalk iron moulders will hold their picnic to-day.
 A. T. Stewart is delivering yeast cokes in Naugatuck valley.
 Professor D. Cady Eaton has returned home from Europe.
 A large Port Jefferson and Northport party comes to Bridgeport on Friday.
 A sunfower seventeen feet high is the latest boast of uptown Derby. Next!
 To-day the State picnic of the Sons of Temperance takes place at High Rock.
 Ex-Road Commissioners W. ]. Atwater, is at Bethlehem, N. H., recruiting his health.
 Early fishermen on Long wharf and Starin dock yesterday morning caught many of the little bluefsh. Some were at it by daylight.
 H. B. Graves, of Litchfeld, and Walter s. Judd, of New Milford, will open law office in Waterbury the latter part of next week.
 Eddie O'Brien, son of Captain Lawrence O'Brien, broke his forearm on Tuesday by falling from hay now. Dr. Bissell at- tended.
 Mr. Henry c. Kirtland of this city gave pleasant and entertaining "reminiscences at the Kirtland family reunion held lately in Westbrook.
 The remains of the late Mrs. Anthony, widow of the late Assessor Willis NJ. Antho- ny, will be inferred in the Grove street cem- etery, this city.
 Fred A. Waterbury, son of Superintendent Waterbury of the Air Line road, and Miss Lizzie Dudley will be married at the home of the brides parents in Fair Haven today.
 Mrs. Harland NJ. Ross died at her home, 13S Liberty street, Monday night of heart complaint, from which she vas long a sufferer. She was much esteemed young lady.
 John T. Moody, ex superintendent of the New York division of the Consolidated road, was in Waterbury yesterday taking inven- tory of the properties of the Naugatuck rail- road.
 Exchanges say: "A cancer on the cheek of a West Berlin resident has been cured by applying live toads. Twenty-one toads have been used and not a trace of the cancer can be seen."
 1Q0 ulr6cIOrS or LQe MA9Oulc N1uluaA Doue- fit association met Monday evening and four members were added. The secretary report ed that there had been but one death since May 2s.
 It is supposed that the fire in Clark's grocery etore in Fair Haven Monday night was of incendiary origin, as someone was heard prowling about the building just be- fore the fire was discovered.
 Mrs. Gilbert, wife of Henry w. Gilbert, the boss painter living on Clark street, has nearly recovered from the effects of the car riage accident early in June, by which the lady had her collar bone broken.
 The excursion of the St. Patrick's Y. M. L. association occurs to-day. The Elm City will carry the party to Coney Island, stop ping at Thirty-frst street, New York. The boat leaves Belle dock at 7:45 sharp.
 The Bridgeport musicians who came here to go on Sassacus' excursion yesterday were not allowed to go on the boat by the custom house officials, it being crowded, and so took the train for New York to get on board there.
 Blue crabs have appeared on West Haven shore and are being caught with scoop nets all along the shore of the Sound between this city and Milford. They have not come in large numbers yet, but large run of them ia exnacted thia season